Tohsil-enircleatek



' 1; BOHRIG. TONSIL ENUCLEATER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, I919.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- tic/m 6 R0 g INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

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JOHN G. ROHRIG, OF BENNETT, IOWA.

' TONSIL-ENUCLEATER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dr. JOHN G. Ronnie, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bennett, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tonsil-Enucleaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in surgical instruments, and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for facilitatingthe removal of tonsils.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the cutting member may be placed in engagement with the tonsils without releasing the pliers from the tonsils. 1

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is an elevation of the device with parts in open position;

Fig. 2 is a like view with the parts in.

partly closed position in full lines and in closed position in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a View of the cutting member and its handle;

Fig. 4: is an edge view of part of the supporting member;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of the looking plate and hinge plate.

In these views 1 indicates the supporting member which is of substantially right angular form with the part 2 of channel shape for a portion of its length and with its end portion forked as at 3. The extremities of each of the forks are each provided with a pair of outwardly curved prongs 4c. The other part 5 of the supportlng member is provided with the hand engaging loop 6 and midway its ends ears 7. The handle part 8 of the cutting member is pivoted between said ears by means of the pin 9 which is carried by the plate 10. This plate is provided with the slot 11 which engages with the pin 12 on said handle 8 and the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

I Applicationfil ed August 5, 1919. Serial No. 315,473.

other'end of the plate carries thepin 13-1 member so that when the handle 8 is n'ianipulated said cutting member will have sliding movement within said channel. The cutting part of the member consists of a ring 16 which has an opening 17 in its lower wall, said opening being so located that when the cutting member is in open position said opening will lie immediately in front of the end of the lower prongs of the supporting member as shown in Fig. 1. The inner half of the ring member is of the same diameter as the prongs as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the cutting member moves slightly, the opening 17 will pass between the prongs so that the opening formed by the prongs and ring member will be closed.

and the parts are held in this position by means of the spring plate 18' held on the upper edge of the part 2 of the supporting memberby the loop 19 and having its lug 20 engaging a notch 21 formed in the upper edge of the shank of the cutting member 15.

In using the device it will be seen that the cutting ring may be slipped over the pliers without releasing the tonsils and then by pressing the handles together the cutting member is moved along the supporting member until the ring reaches the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thus the tonsils will be severed.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the 1 its bottom wall, a channel-shaped supportmg member slidingly receiving the cutting other part being of channel shape With its ends'forked and the forks provided With prongs, a cutting member having a shank and a ring-shaped blade, said ringhaving an opening in its Wall, the shank sliding in the channel, a-handle pivoted intermediate its ends to the handle part of the angle member and'a pin'pivotally connecting said handle member to the end of the shank of the cut ting member. v

ALA device'of the class described comprising an angle-shaped supporting member having a handle formed on one part and its other part of channel shape, ears formed on the part carrying the handle, a cutting member slidably engaging said channel part, a handle,apin pivoting the same'between the ears, a platecarrying. said pin, a second pin carried by the plate and connecting the handle With the cutting member, said' lplate having a slot therein and a pin on the handle engaging said slot for holding the plate to the handle. f c In testimony'vvhereof I afiix my signature;

D11. JOHN Ronnie, 

